'Incumbency' definitions:
Definition of 'incumbency'
(from WordNet)
noun
The term during which some position is held [syn: tenure, term of office, incumbency]
noun
A duty that is incumbent upon you
noun
The office of an incumbent
Definition of 'Incumbency'
From: GCIDE
- Incumbency \In*cum"ben*cy\, n.; pl. Incumbencies. [From Incumbent.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility. "The incumbencies of a family." --Donne. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The state of holding a benefice; the full possession and exercise of any office. [1913 Webster]
- These fines are only to be paid to the bishop during his incumbency. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'incumbency'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accountability,
- accountableness,
- advowson,
- amenability,
- answerability,
- answerableness,
- appointment,
- bale,
- benefice,
- berth,
- billet,
- burden,
- burdening,
- burthen,
- care of souls,
- cargo,
- charge,
- charging,
- cumber,
- cumbrance,
- curacy,
- cure,
- deadweight,
- dedication to duty,
- devotion to duty,
- drag,
- duteousness,
- dutifulness,
- employment,
- encumbrance,
- engagement,
- freight,
- gig,
- glebe,
- handicap,
- incubus,
- job,
- lading,
- liability,
- living,
- load,
- loading,
- millstone,
- moonlighting,
- office,
- opening,
- oppression,
- overload,
- overtaxing,
- overweighting,
- place,
- position,
- post,
- prelacy,
- pressure,
- rectory,
- responsibility,
- responsibleness,
- saddling,
- second job,
- sense of duty,
- sense of obligation,
- service,
- situation,
- station,
- superincumbency,
- surcharge,
- taxing,
- tenure,
- vacancy,
- vicarage